The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.87° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.48° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.